silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
witnessing; observing; sighting
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
complete lie; outright lie
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to figure out; to get an idea
anonymity; using an assumed name
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
flight; escape; running away; flying high
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
(police) detective; criminal matter
more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to poke each other; to jab each other
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone